UPDATED OFFICE HOURS

Office hours for the week of February 17 -24 will be from 8am-12pm. Normal Office hours will resume on Feb 24, 2025.

MARDI GRAS 2025

The Courir de Mardi Gras is a traditional Mardi Gras event held in many Cajun and Creole communities of French Louisiana. Courir de Mardi Gras is Louisiana French for "Fat Tuesday Run". As Mardi Gras is the celebration of the final day before Lent, celebrants drink and eat heavily, dressing in specialized costumes, ostensibly to protect their identities. In Acadiana, popular practices include wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, drinking alcohol, begging, trail riding, and feasting. Mardi Gras is one of the few occasions when people are allowed to publicly wear masks in Louisiana.

CANKTON WATER REPORT 2023 - A Rating

The Village of Cankton received an A rating for the Water System from the Department of Health.  More information about the Water Grade can be found at https://ldh.la.gov/page/water-grade-2023

TEXT MESSAGE ALERT

Customers on the Village of Cankton water system and residents can text  "cankton" to 21000 to be signed in for text notifications. 
   Please include name, address and cell #.  The customer will be notified through texting of pending emergencies. This service is for Village of Cankton residents only. 

HISTORY

The Village of Cankton is located on the southern border of St Landry parish in southwest Louisiana. The small community lies along Highway 93 and is a short distance from both Opelousas and Lafayette, Louisiana.

Cankton’s name originated from Dr. Louis Aristide “Cank” Guidry.  As a boy, Guidry would signal his family that he was home from a hunt by using the duck call which sounded like “Cank, cank, cank.” His family would say, "Cank est revenue.” (Cank is back) and his name stuck.

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